Close your eyes and imagine walking through a mysterious landscape. It's foggy, almost dark, and raining. That's the atmosphere for listening to the debut album of the New York City band Poppyseed. It's not music for a Saturday night (unless you hold your parties in a cave and dress all black), but perfect if you get into a psychedelic mood on Sunday morning.
The atmospheric and dreamy soundscapes that Poppyseed create could be compared to the Red House Painters, with a dose of industrial sounds in a NIN style. The tracks are long, and partly flow along carried mainly by very nice guitar sounds. Other parts feature restless, expressive vocals and interesting percussion rhythms. Apart from "In My Heart", which borrows the basic pattern of Lou Reed's "Walk On The Wild Side", the songs are well written, and show a band with a clear and quite unique concept.
Poppyseed is not a bad name for this new band, there's definitely a poppy seed in the more melodic parts of Blue Daze. What's growing out of this seed is absolutely worth listening to: an expressive (and impressive) album that creates an almost spiritual atmosphere.
